PRUNING DEMONSTRATION

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 154, 30 June 1914, Page 7

PRUNING DEMONSTRATION

A deraonrtration in .-[ir.Tvioj iuij pruning fruit iroep wn u\ vv "n l )v Mr \V. R. Uovd Wrilia-ms. ih,v',niiTi..nt oroh:irrii>;t, al the. rrpidenee of 'J>r. \A'. Uniee, Sehvyii Oni>hunjr:\, on ■>.! tnr.lay ■a'ftnrnanii. There was a. large ;itien«iii hoc of fruitgrowers present. Mr. Williams jrave a .-.fcort address, ami fimit nxhatiktirely wjt'li the. qnutstinn of Kprayinp fruit trees. He en.i.l tjic i"i>f

fjilim , in sprayins was due to ono or! mure of tlif fQJJowinpr •. tiio •wronß ' «nr:iy. or uftitKr the right .-.urtiy :ifc tlio , lironjr timr; new Miivrovprl mix-j iurp-~. or those which .hud boon proved ' in-pfhVient. Whore :i e-prny ro-|iiiro.- <ov- j oral iipplira.tinrs- it, not ilnno o!"t.on , riroujrh, <>r t.he ra.ixtur'- is ton wra};, or it is badly pit'l. on. Mr. WaHtarae said ' tho cpiostion of <v:ppnv<* vss ,~nmptiinos raipp.'l 'by orchard ists. lint ho '-onteirdorl that if trews woro not uori.ii keeping j cip;!ii tliry vrorc not uort'h havinjr. He j admitted'that tho pimp is tlip most o.v- j ponwvo itf»in. l>lll that hjd hppn over- | romp in 0110 district Hγ a lrtt.iniT nut email pumps At 1/ por «\ay. The fruit trriw wrrc- attacked by three ■ nnd tliov wore known hk rating, snekina anil fiinfrus Mr. \Viilra.nii= <l«ilt ; M'rv fully Avith Lhc TTiorif? s »>f vnri«ii« ' ailvorti.-(-.l h>r <'ra--ilk-.U.'imr th' 1 I :ind iliori lie ipropn-rod. a mixtiiir. and stpra-TiM f™ ll, of thfi iit-oe. A ftor Umt l lf ' T'^" 1 * a prnotir.xl d'ranonstralion in ill,- art. of pr.ininp , . at the seamic t.inio nn.<TTfrin'j a minrber of mio=tions. On the m-o+ion of Vr. J. 0. ColTrr, Mr. Wil-li-a-m? Tvn? accorded a hy.arty vote of tiianks for his visit to Oaeliurrg.i.